Australian Pic 4

Australian Pic 3

 

Australian Pic 2

 

Australian Pic 1

 

And another

 An ibis in Sydney

Yet another Australian Bird

 

This is a Galah, a sort of parrot or cockatoo but parlty like a pigeon

10 words for being ill

See here for a collection of 45 paintings by illustrator Robert Thom 1915-1979
https://imgur.com/gallery/history-of-medicine-all-45-paintings-by-robert-thom-qXSrn

1. Sick
2. Ill
3. Unwell
4. Bad
5. Queer
6. Peaky
7. Under the weather
8. Indisposed
9. Out of sorts
10. Off colour

What will they think of next?

I'd never seen this and had to ask how it worked.

Truth of the Gospel Conference Addresses Now Available

The addresses on the priesthood of all believers given recently in Sydney are now all available. The first is to be found here.

Lord's Day September 6 2026

I was preaching this last Lord's Day at Christ Covenant Church here in Melbourne. The church meets in an upstairs space that is just rght for them at the moment. Mostly younger people, there were aboout 80 there and most stayed for most of the day, which began around 10.15 and went on to late afternoon with some six segments - prayer time, morning service, lunch, afternoon Sunday School, final service, communion. Others led the services which are quite liturgical but I preached in the morning from Romans 8 on the three groans and the pastor, Josh Gurango preached in the evening from 1 Corinthians 12, part of a series. I also gave a lesson on the conscience in the afternoon. Communion, a weekly event, involved not one large cup nor lots of little ones but something in between. It is interesting that all three churches I have preached at here in Australia jave been so different.

Some Interesting links

https://youtu.be/hUeaTpSO04k?si=l08pCxkOfrwIv0XJ

Also see audio here https://kbbc.org.au/upload-2026-08-30-11-04-04-mp3/

While here in Australia I have been coming across some websites that may be of interest to others

An Australian book retailer

https://reformers.com.au/

Some publishing houses

https://freegracepress.com/

https://tulippublishing.com.au/?v=8bcc25c96aa5

https://www.firstloveministries.org/

https://www.parresiabooks.org/

Also https://brokenwharfe.com/

An interesting biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Protten

A Gospel Standard resource

https://www.baptists.net/history/

The three churches I have been preaching for

https://www.covenant.org.au/

https://kbbc.org.au/

https://stjohnsparkbaptistchurch.org.au/

An upcoming Baptist conference in London in 2027

https://irbs.org/london-conference/

A guide to a series of wildlife books

https://the-practice.com/case-study/the-great-australian-wildlife-collection/

Two More Australian Birds

Melbourne Magpie

Sydney Cockatoo

 

Unsurprisingly, a black swan

 

Ollie Dempsey

Storm machine, CC BY-SA 4.0
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via Wikimedia Commons

We are currently in Melbourne, the home of AFL or Australian Rules Football. I church yesterday we met the grandmother of Ollie Dempsey a rising star in that world who plays for nearby Geelong. A professing Christian, there is an interestingarticle about him that yoiu can find here.

Hawthorn Strict Baptist, Melbourne

One thing we have done here in Melbourne is to visit the Strict Baptist Church. A Joe Fitton showed us around. It looks to be a Gospel Standard Church. It has a very nice library. More information here.